Indecorum (Noun)
Meaning 1
An act of undue intimacy.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Synonyms
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Meaning 2
A lack of decorum.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- His behavior in the office meeting was an example of complete indecorum, including yelling at colleagues and throwing papers on the floor.
- The loud laughter and crude jokes during the eulogy were an unseemly display of indecorum at the normally solemn event.
- After the indecorum exhibited by some team members on the previous outing, the company president sent out a stern memo on professionalism.
- Some lawmakers questioned whether the media scrutiny and general pandemonium constituted indecorum by overstepping First Amendment bounds.
- Attendees to the town hall meeting had some moments of obvious indecorum but continued because city representatives let disruptions mar only 25 percent of overall presentations.